Accounting at Fitchburg State University

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what Fitchburg State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Fitchburg State is located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts and approximately 6,728 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

Fitchburg State Accounting Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Fitchburg State Accounting Rankings

Accounting Student Demographics at Fitchburg State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Fitchburg State University.

Fitchburg State Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 59% went to women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Fitchburg State, 61% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Fitchburg State University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	39
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Accounting

The following accounting concentations are available at Fitchburg State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Fitchburg State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	48

Related Majors

• Marketing
• Human Resource Management
• Business Administration & Management

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Fitchburg State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	45,570	$47,020
Accountants and Auditors	35,360	$81,460
Financial Managers	33,880	$148,300
Financial Analysts	13,400	$105,540
Business Professors	4,050	$126,040

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Found5dollar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.